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‘Govt can’t hold LPG subsidy for not linking aadhaar’
NEW DELHI: The government cannot hold back subsidy for cooking gas before November 30 on grounds that customers haven’t given their Aadhaar number, a top government
NEW DELHI: The government cannot hold back subsidy for cooking gas before November 30 on grounds that customers haven’t given their Aadhaar number, a top government official said on Tuesday. ABP Pandey, chief executive officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) told HT that customers had time till November-end to apply for an Aadhaar number to continue receiving the subsidy. Pandey said the Aadhaar law requires customers who have not linked an Aadhaar number to their gas connection to submit a copy of their bank passbook, proof of Aadhaar enrolment or an undertaking that the customer has only one subsidised gas connection. If they do, there is nothing in the law to empower the government to withhold the subsidy.
SWAMY SEEKING HERALD PAPERS FOR ULTERIOR MOTIVE: SONIA
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused BJP leader Subramanian Swamy of trying to create an “archive for ulterior motives” by seeking documents from the party and Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) in the National Herald case. The Congress top brass made the submission before a Delhi court, alleging that Swamy was seeking “fishing and roving enquiry” and wanted to make out a “new case” against them by taking recourse to a “fishing” probe in the matter.
5 ASIAN COUNTRIES MAY ADOPT INDIA’S TIGER ESTIMATION METHOD
DEHRADUN: The Global Tiger Forum (GTF) will push India’s robust tiger estimation method in five Southeast Asian countries to boost the big cat population. Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Myanmar are the five countries earmarked by the GTF for pushing India’s methodology. The method will be introduced in a workshop to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in November.
MALLYA HAS NO INTENTION TO RETURN, ED TELLS COURT
NEW DELHI: Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya has no intention to return to India and his passport was revoked due to his own conduct, the Enforcement Directorate told a Delhi court on Tuesday. The submission was made before chief metropolitan magistrate Sumit Dass in the backdrop of Mallya’s claim that he wanted to return to India but was “incapacitated” to travel as his passport had been revoked by Indian authorities.
SC TAKES NOTE OF STRAY DOGS KILLED IN KERALA
NEW DELHI: Taking note of photographs of street dogs being beaten to death in Kerala by politicians and other people, the Supreme Court asked the state government to file its response within three weeks along with details of action taken on the offenders.
